http://humanrightshouse.orgenHuman Rights House Foundationniels.jacob@humanrightshouse.org (Niels Jacob Harbitz)Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:02 GMTThu, 23 May 2013 01:49:21 GMTNoop 2.360http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19086&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19086.html&d=1The right to be a human rights defender has been reinforced by the resolution adopted by consensus at the Human Rights Council. The resolution focuses on legislation affecting, restricting and criminalising the work and activities of human rights defenders.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:02 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19083&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19083.html&d=1In an intervention in Geneva, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina announced that its country will fulfil its obligations to end discrimination based on ethnicity to access the presidency.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:21:35 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18483&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18483.html&d=1In a small town, 170 kilometres south of Sarajevo, a journalist and human rights defender was beaten. Incident qualified by the local police as a minor event.Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:32:50 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18061&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/18061.html&d=1The trial of General Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special UN court at The Hague in the Netherlands. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia recently made their opening statements against Mladić, almost a year after his arrest in Serbia and subsequent deportation. Mladić is accused of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including orchestrating the week-long massacre of over 7,000 Muslim boys and men at Srebrenica in 1995 during the Bosnian war.Fri, 25 May 2012 10:19:42 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17557&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/17557.html&d=1Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to fail to address the problems of discrimination and human rights violations.Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:57:15 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15609&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15609.html&d=1The issues of gender equality, realization of women's human rights in public and private spheres, and the application of domestic laws and international obligations, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of discrimination against Women (CEDAW), have been pushed into the background in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country still burdened by ethnic and national divisions, which hinder the social, economic and political development, and dominate the public discourse.Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:45:47 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15566&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15566.html&d=1Woman and Society Center recently conducted a study where they have analyzed the presence of women in political and public life, during the general election year 2010 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:52:24 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15488&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15488.html&d=1The UN Committee against Torture (CAT), at its recent meetings held in the beginning of November, examined measures adopted by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to prevent and punish acts of torture. While CAT recognises that BiH has made progress in implementing the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the conclusions also reveal that obstacles remain to its full implementation by BiH authorities.Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:40:24 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15265&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15265.html&d=1U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Sarajevo last week where she held meetings with members of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) calling them to overcome ethnic divisions that recent elections yet again confirmed, and gave a speech to students of Sarajevo University regarding their role in the process of BiH’s accession to EU.Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:36:47 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15239&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15239.html&d=1Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is currently undergoing the process of integration into the European Union (EU). All member states of the EU, as well potential member states, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, are obliged to harmonize their national legislation fully with the EU law, which is particularly related to EU directives. However, the law on prohibition of discrimination in BIH is not responding to these standards.Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:08:03 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15159&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15159.html&d=1Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina appear to have perpetuated the country's persistent ethnic divisions. With the votes counted, results show that in the contest for the tripartite presidency, Muslim and Croatian voters have chosen moderates who favor cooperation, but in the Serbian entity, the winning candidate stands for separatism.Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:08:45 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14991&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14991.html&d=1According to the Concluding Observations by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - CERD on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Roma people remain the most vulnerable group in BiH, while issues such as discriminatory provisions of the Constitution of BiH, return of refugees and displaced persons, ethnic tensions and hate speech must be resolved as well.Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:16:50 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14714&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14714.html&d=1Although the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina has committed itself on numerous international documents regarding the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, on the last UPR session in June this year, on the adoption of the UPR report for BiH, out of 125 recommendations made by UN body, BiH accepted only 26 of them.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:07:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14467&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14467.html&d=1''Non-implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the main generator of human rights violations in BiH over the past years'', it is stated by the NGO Coalition for the UN up-coming session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:34:19 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14246&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14246.html&d=1Late last year, the BiH Parliament ruled that the Communication's Regulatory Agency - CRA, along with several other regulatory institutions, are to be categorised as administrative units. The decision, still standing, represents a threat to independence of regulatory agencies in BiH, since their classification as administrative units places them under the control of various ministries and the BiH Government.Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:31:37 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14025&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14025.html&d=1Three-day forum of NGOs from BiH, Balkan and EU took place in Sarajevo from Apil 14-16 2010. It was organized by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in BiH, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in BiH, Centre Andre Malraux Sarajevo and CCFD Terre solidaire from France.Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:06:33 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13953&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13953.html&d=1On the occasion of the World Roma Day, April 8th, regional campaign and campaign video "I'm a Roma Woman" were presented in the House of Human Rights of Sarajevo last Thursday.Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:05:48 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13675&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13675.html&d=1''Equal pay for equal work - Votes for Women - We want women's human rights every day - Stop violence against women'', were just some of many slogans that we could’ve seen and heard on the Osmomartovski march organized by CURE Foundation on Monday in Sarajevo, in occasion of the International Women's Day.Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:39:26 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13894&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13894.html&d=1Around 2 AM last Thursday, Serbian police apprehended 9 activists from Youth Initiative for Human Rights, who in the night between March 31st and April 1st in front of the Serbian Parliament, wrote the message in red spray paint: “That hard, foreign word - genocide”.Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:48:10 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13862&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13862.html&d=1Serbia's parliament has passed a landmark resolution apologising for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre - Europe's worst atrocity since World War II. The motion, approved by a narrow majority, says Serbia should have done more to prevent the tragedy.Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:18:58 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13844&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13844.html&d=1The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina - HCHR, said that in the last police action in the case of Bratunac – Srebrenica, there was a serious violation of human rights. ‘’Due to excessive spectacularism, which recently accompanies almost all police actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a fundamental principle which implies a presumption of innocence until a court decision making, is persistently violated’’, it is stated in press release of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights.Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:46:13 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13686&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13686.html&d=1The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic (on right) of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:57:23 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13653&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13653.html&d=1Human Rights House of Sarajevo – HRH Sarajevo, in its letter addressed to the Minister of the Human Rights and Refugees in B&H, Safet Halilovic and to the President of the Council of Ministers of B&H, Nikola Spiric, in behalf of the Informal NGO Coalition for the UPR, expressed the satisfaction over the results and the interactive dialogue during the UPR session of B&H held in late February 2010.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:31:45 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13637&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13637.html&d=1Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H - HCHR, recently published a map of its activities conducted in year 2009. The map is not only a graphic insight into the HCHR project activities, but also an insight to BH areas in which those projects were implemented.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:29 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13574&d=1http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13574.html&d=1A member of Bosnia's war-time presidency, Ejup Ganic, right, was arrested in London on Monday at the request of Serbian authorities. The arrest followed a request submitted by Serbia late on Sunday, alleging Ganic's responsibility for war crimes related to an attack by Bosnian troops against a column of Yugoslav People’s Army, JNA, troops in Sarajevo at the start of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:23:43 GMT